Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] have a good " in BNC.

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1 The field needs to have a good supply of water .
2 In the past this Association has had a good relationship with the DLO in Derry .
3 ‘ Ethnic ’ Scottish rock has had a good decade , something Adamson has mixed feelings about .
4 As nephew of the late king , Edward appeared to have a good claim , indeed perhaps the best claim , to succeed him .
5 Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ .
6 He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church .
7 So everyone working on the door at Ronnie 's had a good laugh at us while Strummer was hustling to get us in .
8 Fashanu , ignored since being capped twice by Bobby Robson three years ago , said : ‘ Alan has had a good start but that does n't put him in the class of Ian .
9 As he put it : ‘ The planners and the road engineers have had a good bashing , but they have learnt their lesson .
10 St Aubyn 's had a good reputation when my father decided to send us there .
11 Clearly , in the current review of the Territorial Army , we are paying great attention to the need to continue to have a good geographical spread across the country .
12 ‘ This place has had a good going over !
13 Donald had had a good innings .
14 Irrespective of the final battle , Mr Ashdown has had a good war .
15 The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause .
16 These young patients appear to have a good prognosis following infarction and intervention policies based on exercise testing in an older age group may not be appropriate .
17 How many rabbits have had a good meal off men 's rubbish heaps ?
18 Quick as a flash and game for a good laugh , I said , ‘ Because Denis sent us ’ exactly at the same time as Jack said , ‘ Because Maureen wanted to have a good cry … ’
19 While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ?
20 ‘ I am delighted that Jarvis 's Frayn has had a good reaction , as I think it is some of my best work . ’
21 But this union does have a good track record in campaigning for young people .
22 Oxford 's had a good reputation for relationships between staff and prisoners .
23 How would what test would you use to determine whether or not John Major has had a good first one hundred days ?
24 So the Options Agency has had a good year , and hopefully will again next year .
25 When Pitt wants to have a good time he invites his ‘ little group of buddies ’ , including actor Dermot Mulroney — a whiz on the cello — over for an old-fashioned ‘ hootinanny ’ jam session .
26 I agree with my hon. Friend that raising standards requires having a good quality teaching force , properly rewarded and encouraged .
27 The fun-lover likes to have a good time .
28 Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted .
29 Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change .
30 My Noble Friend is absolutely right er it is a er essential that the erm hospital does have a good discharge policy that there are community facilities to support people once they leave hospital er and My Lords we know that with some of the new procedures that are now being introduced er that is possible and that when a patient comes in for treatment , a discharge policy is worked out almost immediately so that the support services can be given when the time comes for that person to leave .
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